kcbs radio's matt bigler joins us live from downtown to explain. matt, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. the san jose city council is expected to put its weight behind one of the two options, either the above ground aerial track which seems to be more viable because it's less expensive or underground where it's out of the way and it wouldn't interfere with buildings and streets. but the underground option is five times as more expensive and takes a lot longer to build an estimated $2.5 billion price tag. so it seems the san jose city council will endorse he want above ground option but we'll see what happens later today. meanwhile, this other high- speed rail news, governor schwarzenegger is touring high- speed rail in china and japan, riding the systems and looking them over. he is looking for outside investors to contribute to the $40 billion project of california. today japan announced it would be willing to give california loans to build project but it's not saying how much they would be. several countries including japan are all